Rain, Rain, Go Away

Some sea art to start off --

Rained all day today - sometimes really hard. But that was OK since we had some birthday presents, groceries and things to buy. Cards of any sort are a BIG DEAL over here. Everyone gives cards, for everything, almost. Anyhow, that's good because there is a lot of good choice and the price is right. You see - next time you buy a card, if you do that sort of thing, most of the really nice cards are from the UK.

So last night we walked over to Gallery Iota to look at a local exposition, SeaART 2006, a collaborative work by local artists. Really good stuff. Variety of mediums - but the best had to be the found object stuff and the watercolour/acrylic scenes of the coast and cliffs. Marj on the Marsh would have liked it! Fittingly, J-Rock and DB visited the tidal flats and the 'swimming pool' afterwards - The swimming pool is really a "Tidal salt-water open air swimming pool". When the tide goes down, the sun heats the water and makes an ideal swimming pool for children and adults, without the dangers of waves or unexpected currents. See the link for some pictures. Good place to look for crabs and other sealife.

M on the M would also appreciate that I went home to make a blackberry and apple pie. Our Kind Hostess purchased some Bramley Apples to make the pie with, because don't you know, you ONLY bake with Bramleys! And they are very good - they mush a bit like Macs but yet stay a little firm like Spys. So a good combo really. I've provided a link to the Bramley Apple Web Site for your perusal. They even have Brammy Awards!